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Lithuania prepares for euro entry

Lithuania moved a step close to joining the euro after its parliament established expert groups organising the country's transition to membership in 2015. Finance Minister Rimantas Sadzius told reporters that "a commission for the introduction of the euro in Lithuania will be established, with the prime minister as its chairman."

Britain wants to negotiate with Brussels the end date of the Brexit transition period - without saying what their preferred end date would be. The UK's position paper disagrees with the EU on other key points too.